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America is becoming a nation of homebodies

  • Written by Brian D. Taylor, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
imageThe COVID-19 pandemic merely accelerated a trend that began in 2003.C.P. George/ClassicStock via Getty Images

In his February 2025 cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Derek Thompson dubbed our current era “the anti-social century.”

He isn’t wrong. According to our recent research, the U.S. is becoming a nation of homebodies.

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